According to her, we are all cyborgs. The traditional definition for this is "an organism to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments". Thanks to the advancement of technology, we can travel faster than before, we can communicate with people wherever we are. She explained these tools, planes or mobile phones, were the "exogenous components" and without them, we were not able to live our lives. I agree with her opinion, but is being a cyborg good thing?
I think, it is absolutely not. Needless to say, our life is getting convenient exponentially, but the excessive convenience makes us lazy and dull. For example, now, when we encounter problems, we can easily solve them by asking our friends through mobile phones. Before we had these gadgets, we had to think them out by ourselves. Surely it was tiring, but by thinking a lot, we were able to mentally grow up. Next, since the appearance of text messages, we have been writing hand-written letters lesser and lesser. Disappearance of these warm letters has been making our lives a bit cold to some extent. Taking these facts into account, sometime I wonder whether we should pursue the technological advancement more.
I think, it is absolutely not. Needless to say, our life is getting convenient exponentially, but the excessive convenience makes us lazy and dull. For example, now, when we encounter problems, we can easily solve them by asking our friends through mobile phones. Before we had these gadgets, we had to think them out by ourselves. Surely it was tiring, but by thinking a lot, we were able to mentally grow up. Next, since the appearance of text messages, we have been writing hand-written letters lesser and lesser. Disappearance of these warm letters has been making our lives a bit cold to some extent. Taking these facts into account, sometime I wonder whether we should pursue the technological advancement more.
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